A flow poem about finding meaning after so many bad things have come my way. |
- The Lights Down Low- by Keaton Foster In a row I know The lights Down low Darkness It turns out Somehow glows Madness Is true What I see So absolute This world Home Skin And bones Is my kingdom A crowning achievement My parents Damn them They did everything But terminate me Their faith Would not allow it But that same faith Did nothing To save me From them Or their hatred I was a mistake An accident Continually happening What a mind job To always know that And understand it Unreal Unbelievable Truthfully undeniable All of it appropriate All of it adequate They are dead Killed By their own hands Guilt What a stone A mountain In the palm of the hand One shot The other hanged One suffered The other Obliterated I saw them both Finder’s keepers But before they left Heck was my name Pain was their game Their disgust For me Was very apparent Their love For me Or for each other Never once present The light Down low A single shot Rang out A dozen bottles Empty A hand written note Beside Son Bastard Awkward attachment You drove me here This was because of you Goodbye The other The one called mother I was older I came walking in Looking to ask A simple question And there Swinging from a door Hellishly supported A rope Around the neck Hung until death Her eyes Pale blue Wide open In them There was much truth And infinitely more Sadness Her death Was not for me Not for an escape Her death Was about release A way to be free I wish I could To this day Be so damn brave But I cannot Will not After that day I was given away Passed around Like spare change Abused at will Until I became Big enough To defend myself It took me Quite a time to grow The lights Down low I often recall I have told the tale A million and one ways I will never stop Unlike them I have meaning Purpose I’m here Even if I am not wanted I’m still here And for me That is something Something that I need A thing I thrive towards So in the end The one thing They held against me Has pretty much Come to define me… The Lights Down Low Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014. |